Saving México’s Floating Farms (video)

In Aztec times the tamemes—bearers—would wait at the edge of the markets on the edge of Tenochtitlan, looking for customers. There were no beasts of burden to carry loads in pre-Hispanic Mexico and humans were the best and only option. Several transport revolutions later, this occupation still exists in the iconic markets of Mexico City’s […]

400 Year Old Map!

The United States Library of Congress recently added a 400-year-old piece of Mexican history to its online collection, one that helps further illustrate a key moment in the history of Mexico. The Codex Quetzalecatzin, a map made in 1593 by the indigenous Nahua peoples of Mexico around the time of first contact with the Spanish Empire, […]

Moving to Mexico?

Here is a wonderful blog post by Always a Gringa with 39 Things You Should Know Before Moving to Mexico! Provecho!

Ajijic, Jalisco is a beautiful small town on the edge of gigantic Lake Chapala. Along with the communities of Chapala and Jocotepec, they are called, collectively Lakeside. Click here for a video made to show what it’s like to retire in the area.

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Pati goes to Oaxaca to learn the secrets of their famous moles. One of the utmost experts, Celia Florián, shows her how to make Mole Chichilo, a bitter, intensely flavored and incredibly delicious “black mole” that is typically reserved for special occasions.

Mexican brigades continue to help Canada battle its forest fires as more than 250 volunteers offer their expertise. So far, 251 Mexican technicians and firefighters, including one woman, have traveled to Canada to help control the forest fires that continue to engulf many parts of British Columbia.

There’s so much more to the Yucatan peninsula than the resort scene. Head west, not south, to discover more authentic and distinctive experiences, like staying in a magnificently restored hacienda, visiting colonial cities like Mérida — which turned 475 years old this year — and touring ancient Mayan ruins.

How many times have you gone to Netflix wanting to watch something but got completely overwhelmed by the options? Well, that’s why we’re here. We scoured Netflix and watched all the crap movies so you don’t have to. Since Mexican Independence Day is upon us, this is a special list of our favorite Mexi-movies. Just in […]

Ricardo Romero inherited a former cattle ranch in Veracruz, Mexico, from his father decades ago. Since then, he’s turned the land into the Las Cañadas Farm Cooperative, a place that’s at the forefront of a new agriculture technique called carbon farming. Read more and watch the video here.

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Los Panchos: Mexico City’s Experiment in Autonomous Living – The roots of this project date back to the late ‘80s, when, in an attempt to combat housing prices that were unaffordable for millions of Mexico City’s poorest, ‘Los Panchos’ (so called for the Mexican revolutionary figure from which the community takes its name) decided to take back […]

Flor de Toloache now has a Latin Grammy–nominated album to their name and performs at venues around the world. They’re made up of a diverse, rotating cast of members, with roots in regions including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Italy and the United States. This multiplicity is abundantly evident in the music […]

A Taste of Real Mexico01/6, 1:20 am | Comments: 0I live in Mazatlán, and I know what a wonderful place it is. Today I read a piece by Darren Parkman “The Traveling Canadian” about his visit to Mazatlán. It sounds like he loves it as much as I do. Here is his article titled A Taste or Real Mexico.